A group in the Ekiti State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the Ekiti PDP Reformers Forum, has advised President Goodluck Jonathan to digest and act on the serious national issues contained in the letter written to him by former President Olusegun Obasanjo rather than vilifying him.The group, which said that the message was more important than…
Senate President David Mark yesterday took stock of the enormous resources pumped into fighting insurgency in some states, declaring that, “enough is enough.” He disclosed this during a tour of his Benue South senatorial district at the weekend.In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Paul Mumeh, Senator Mark also restated his resolve and total…
Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha was in one of his best elements at the weekend when he bared his mind to media executives during a supposed breakfast session held in Government House, Owerri.In an interactive session with Members of the Independent Newspapers Publishers Association, INPA, Okorocha made starting revelations about his administration that has…
December 20th 2013His Excellency,Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFRAgbe L’Oba House, Quarry Road,Ibara, Abeokuta.RE: BEFORE IT IS TOO LATEI wish to formally acknowledge your letter dated December 2, 2013 and other previous correspondence similar to it.You will recall that all the letters were brought to me by hand. Although both of us discussed some of the issues…
Some residents near Shell’s oil field in Ikarama, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa, said they abandoned their homes to avert possible health hazards from prolonged exposure to oil spill.They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yenagoa that they fled their homes because of the company’s delay to clean up the November oil…
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG) workers have renewed their threat to shut down the oil sector if the federal government goes ahead with its plan to privatise the refineries.According to them, selling the refineries without their participation would amount…
Thousands of Muslim brotherhood Movement from Zamfara, Kebbi, Sokoto and parts of Katsina State on Saturday began an 83-kilometre trek to Zaria in Kaduna State.Speaking to newsmen at the starting point in Funtua, Katsina State, leader of the exercise, Malam Qasim Sanda, stated that the exercise was to commemorate the martyrdom of the grandchild of…
Notable elders of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) are no longer glossing over the raging crisis in the party.And they have put the blame for the turbulence in the party on President Goodluck Jonathan, whom they accused of failing to show a mastering of intra-party crisis management.Consequently, the elders who are mostly founding fathers…
Pressure mounted by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare the seats of the 37 Reps who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) has met with rebuff from the commission.The electoral body has told the ruling party that it is not within its powers to take…
The Dr Femi Okurounmu Presidential Advisory Committee on National Dialogue made a lot of far-reaching recommendations to President Goodluck Jonathan in the report the committee submitted on Wednesday, Sunday Tribune can reveal.It was learnt that the 13-member committee recommended that the proposed national confab should be held within six months.It also advised President Jonathan to…